Eetilisel

Eetilisel is an Estonian grammatical form, the adessive singular of the adjective eetiline, meaning ethical. It is used to express a basis, reason, or context on which something is done or evaluated. In Estonian, adjectives decline for case and number, and the adessive singular ending -sel marks usage with a noun to indicate “on/under” that basis.

The primary function of eetilisel is to introduce phrases that specify ethical grounds or rationale. Common collocations include eetilisel alusel (on an ethical basis), eetilisel põhjusel (for ethical reasons), eetilisel põhimõttel (on an ethical principle), and eetilisel hinnangul (from an ethical assessment). These forms are productive in formal and semi-formal Estonian writing and speech when the speaker wants to emphasize ethical justification.

Usage notes:

- Eetilisel is a grammatical form rather than a stand-alone lexical item; its meaning derives from eetiline (ethical) within the correct syntactic context.

- The corresponding adverb is eetiliselt (ethically), and other cases or numbers use different inflected forms of eetiline.

- Similar phrases may use etika-related vocabulary, such as eetika (ethics) or eetiline käitumine (ethical conduct).

Examples:

- Otsus tehti eetilisel alusel. (The decision was made on an ethical basis.)

- Ta tegutseb eetilisel põhimõttel. (He operates on an ethical principle.)

- Ettevõte otsustas eetilisel hinnangul oma poliitikat muuta. (The company decided to change its policy based on an ethical assessment.)

Eetilisel belongs to standard Estonian grammar and is used to frame ethical considerations within argumentation, policy, and discourse.